aage harim-e-gham se koi rasta na tha
achchha hua ki saath kisi ko liya na tha
daman-e-chak chaak gulon ko bahana tha
dil ka jo rang tha vo nazar se chhupa na tha
rang-e-shafaq ki dhuup khili thi qadam qadam
maqtal men subh-o-sham ka manzar juda na tha
kya bojh tha ki jis ko uthae hue the log
mud kar kisi ki samt koi dekhta na tha
kuchh itni raushni men the chehron ke aaine
dil us ko dhundhta tha jise janta na tha
kuchh log sharmsar khuda jaane kyuun hue
apne siva hamen to kisi se gila na tha
har ik qadam utha tha nae mausamon ke saath
vo jo sanam tarash tha but pujta na tha
jis dar se dil ko zauq-e-ibadat ata hua
us astan-e-shauq pe sajda rava na tha
andhi men barg-e-gul ki zaban se ada hua
vo raaz jo kisi se abhi tak kaha na tha